Lone Rock vs Lu Verne

A side-by-side comparison of Lone Rock and Lu Verne: population, income, housing, and more.

Lone Rock and Lu Verne are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lu Verne has the higher population (315 vs 127 in Lone Rock). Lu Verne has the higher median household income ($56,667 vs $56,250 in Lone Rock). Lone Rock has the higher median home value ($61,300 vs $38,100 in Lu Verne).

Population, income & housing

	Lone Rock	Lu Verne
Population	127	315
Median age	67.7 yrs	24.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$56,667
Median home value	$61,300	$38,100
Median gross rent	$1,025	—
Housing units	73	151
Homeownership rate	85.9%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lone Rock	Lu Verne
Population	205 → 127 (-38.0%)	296 → 315 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $56,250 (-7.2%)	$56,250 → $56,667 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$47,500 → $61,300 (+29.1%)	$35,300 → $38,100 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $1,025 (+70.8%)	$657 → $788 (+19.9%)

Lone Rock

Population

205127

Median household income

$60,625$56,250

Median home value

$47,500$61,300

Median gross rent

$600$1,025

Lu Verne

Population

296315

Median household income

$56,250$56,667

Median home value

$35,300$38,100

Median gross rent

$657$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lone Rock	Lu Verne
Under 5	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 17	4.7%	24.4%
18 to 24	3.1%	14.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	7.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	6.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	30.7%	4.4%
75 and over	26.0%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lone Rock	Lu Verne
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lone Rock	Lu Verne
No high school diploma	14.5%	9.2%
High school graduate	35.0%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lone Rock	Lu Verne
Drove alone	57.7%	67.9%
Carpooled	5.8%	10.4%
Public transit	19.2%	0.0%
Walked	7.7%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	9.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lone Rock	Lu Verne
1-unit, detached	98.6%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lone Rock	Lu Verne
Poverty rate	2.4%	24.1%
Average household size	1.79	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1949	1938